Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders · SOC 51-9196
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders Salary in the Michigan
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Michigan
Figures describe the state of Michigan as a whole.
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in the Michigan earned a median of $50,540 per year ($24.30 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $38,950 at the 10th percentile to $66,750 at the 90th. BLS estimates 3,000 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in the Michigan earn more than $50,540 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $48,220 and $60,620.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $38,950 | $48,220 | $50,540 | $60,620 | $66,750 |
| Hourly | $18.73 | $23.19 | $24.30 | $29.14 | $32.09 |
A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.
How this area compares
- Michigan$50,540 median for Michigan; middle half earns $48,220 to $60,620
- United Statesnational$50,270 median for United States; middle half earns $44,920 to $60,180
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is +1% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Metro areas in Michigan
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- Michiganthis page$50,540 median for Michigan; middle half earns $48,220 to $60,620
- $57,810 median for Battle Creek metro area; middle half earns $50,690 to $62,460
- $51,360 median for Kalamazoo metro area; middle half earns $47,110 to $58,130
- $51,220 median for Detroit metro area; middle half earns $48,920 to $59,560
- $49,590 median for Niles metro area; middle half earns $39,920 to $49,590
- $48,910 median for Grand Rapids metro area; middle half earns $48,310 to $50,320
- $45,800 median for Ann Arbor metro area; middle half earns $42,280 to $50,600
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
Keep exploring
Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:
Highest-paying metro areas for paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenderss · Highest-paying occupations in Michigan
About this estimate
These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.
Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.
About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.